Live games Maccabi Tel Aviv fans tore down and burned a Palestinian flag and fought with taxi drivers in Amsterdam before the game with Ajax
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans rioted in Amsterdam. Ajax hosts the Israeli club (3:0, second half) in the 4th round match of the UEFA Europa League.
According to De Telegraaf, incidents involving football fans occurred in several places in the center of Amsterdam last night. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv clashed with taxi drivers and other residents of the city.
Footage posted on social media shows fans tearing down a Palestinian flag from the front of a building. Eyewitnesses reported that the flag was later set on fire, after which taxi drivers began chasing Israeli fans.
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football live games from Tel Aviv were forced to take refuge in the Holland Casino while taxi drivers gathered outside and honked loudly from their cars. For half an hour, no one was allowed to enter or leave the casino until the police took control of the situation.
Nothing happened until aggressive and armed Maccabi hooligans started tearing down the Palestinian flag. After they succeeded, they damaged passing cars, including taxis.
They then set fire to a Palestinian flag in Dam Square, prompting a response from taxi drivers, one Amsterdam taxi driver said.
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